Well, it looks like the gaming gods were smiling upon me tonight. Our friendly beta tester jumped into another game of UNO with me and this time I was ready for him. Sorry about the scan line. Unfortunately, that's what happens when you video tape a television.
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So there I am minding my own business when this guy joins my game of UNO. At first he had a standard gamer icon but it quickly switched to  ing VIDEO!!!!!
There he was chillin in his black lazyboy playing some UNO. (Fortunately he was fully dressed.) After a couple of minutes of pure shock, I came to my senses and immediately ran to find my digicam to snap some photos and vids.
"CRAP! The wife took the camera for her trip back home!!!!!"
A couple more minutes went by as I tried to figure out a way to document this amazing occurance, my gameplay becoming noticeably slower.
"AHA! I'll just pull out the old digital camcorder and record the whole damned thing!"
So I grab the camcorder off my computer desk, set it on my coffee table and press the pow...
"DAMNIT!!! Where's the ing battery?!?!?!"
I run back to my computer desk, grab the battery and run back into the living room.
"Shit, only three cards left. I better stall..."
I drop the battery into the camera, power it up, and press eject to make sure the tape is...
"Jesus Christ! No ing TAPE and only two cards left!!!"
So I run up to the entertainment center and open the drawer where I keep the camcorder tapes.
"Shit. I have to call UNO."
I rummage through several tapes until I find a usable one, jump back to the camcorder and drop the tape...
"DAMNIT! I won..."
400 points total and the guy drops shortly thereafter. No evidence. No spoilers. Only a memory of how cool it was. !!!!!!
I actually got to talk to the guy. I didn't have my headset on when he first joined so I think he assumed the camera didn't work. Boy was he shocked when I busted out with, "So either you've found a way to get a USB camera to work or you are a XBL Beta Tester." His response was along the lines of, "Oh wow, you can see that? I didn't think it would even work!"
To my amazement, the video was actually quite smooth and detailed. The video playback worked perfectly EVERYWHERE his gamer icon normally appears in the game (menus, lobby, in-game). We had a interesting conversation about our fears of what the kids will do once they get their hands on it. Fortunately, MS has given us full control over who gets to see video (at least, that's the rumor.)
Sorry I wasn't fast enough to get the proof guys.
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